María Emilia Cornejo (Lima, Perú; 1949 - 1972) was a Peruvian poet, one of the most important of the "Generación del 70".
She studied literature at the National University of San Marcos in Lima and partecipated at the poetry classes of Hildebrando Pérez Grande and Marco Martos. She is considered the first female writer of erotic poetry in Peru.
María Emilia was a fervent catholic and she followed the precepts of Liberation theology.
Little his known about her later years,
Her collected poems were published in 1994 by his twin sister, Ana María.
